The Catholic Current

We welcome back Dr. Judge Glock of the Manhattan Institute to discuss his latest in City Journal on the debt crisis facing major cities. Given the seemingly insurmountable debt they face, is it wrong to ask whether the municipal budgets were designed to fail? Show Notes How Debt Ate Chicago | City Journal U.S. Debt Clock World Debt Clocks Debate: 75 Years after A-Bomb - Did Welfare Cause Detroit's Decline and Lack of It Cause Hiroshima's Rise? - Frank Report Hiroshima vs. Detroit: Then and Now Another Look at School Choice (Dr. Corey DeAngelis) 8/9/23 Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome back Steve Malanga of the Manhattan Institute to discuss his latest in City Journal on homelessness, and the government responses fueled by do-something-ism. How much worse have government housing policies made the situation? Father finishes with some Timeless Thoughts. Show Notes Gimme (Government) Shelter | City Journal U.S. Debt Clock World Debt Clocks Bad Ideas Have Bad Consequences | The Imaginative Conservative The High Cost of Good Intentions: A History of U.S. Federal Entitlement Programs: John Cogan Fathers: The Great Adventurers of the Modern World - The Catholic Gentleman No Apologies: Why Civilization Depends on the Strength of Men Do Men Need to Apologize for Masculinity? (Dr. Anthony Esolen) 5/26/22 The Station of the Cross Merchandise - Use Coupon Code 14STATIONS for 10% off | Catholic to the Max Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome back Jim Meigs of the Manhattan Institute to discuss his latest in City Journal on plagiarism and an anti-scientific trend within the scientific community. Is ideology valued above truth even within scientific journals? Show Notes Unscientific American | City Journal The Great Debate: Dinesh D'Souza v. Dr. Michael Shermer - The Thinking Conservative Two DEI deans at elitist MIT accused of being serial plagiarists 'An Existential Crisis' for Science: Institute for Policy Research The Sokal Hoax: The Sham That Shook the Academy: The editors of Lingua Franca How Alan Sokal Won the Battle but Lost the 'Science Wars' – Commentary Magazine Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters: Abigail Shrier Bad Ideas Have Bad Consequences | The Imaginative Conservative The Hidden Life of Hilary Cass - by Sarah Cain The Closing of the American Mind: How Higher Education Has Failed Democracy and Impoverished the Souls of Today's Students Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

In Let's Talk About This, Fr. McTeigue discusses the virtues needed to commit to the truth. How can we prepare ourselves to better hear and accept difficult and painful calls to conversion? Father finishes with Weekend Readiness to help you prepare for the upcoming Sunday Mass. Show Notes An Unteachable Society and the Church Does modern education endanger the soul? Why do we lie to ourselves? What will make people more likely to accept the "truthiness" of truth? Are we educating for freedom? Real Philosophy for Real People: Tools for Truthful Living - Audiobook Now Available! Docilitas: On Teaching and Being Taught: Fr. James Schall S.J. Diocese of Buffalo plans merger of one-third of its parishes Diocese of Buffalo Announces Plan to Reshape the Number of Parishes through Merger Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome back Fr. Mitch Pacwa, S.J. of EWTN to begin to scratch the surface in discussing Eastern Catholicism. How did the spread of the twelve apostles lead to such liturgical diversity within the Catholic church, and how can we best appreciate and participate in this rich history? Show Notes Why Istanbul Is Not Constantinople (Anymore) Answering Orthodoxy - A Catholic Response to Attacks from the East: Michael Lofton Finding A Hidden Church - Eastern Christian Publications The Forgotten: Catholics of the Soviet Empire from Lenin through Stalin Fr. Pacwa Interviews Fr. Daniel Dozier | EWTN Live The Light of the East | EWTN The Eastern Catholic Church Explained: 7 Fascinating Facts All Roman Catholics Should Know 20 ANSWERS: EASTERN CATHOLICISM | EWTN Religious Catalogue Light of the East Podcast Fr. Thomas Loya Fr. Thomas Loya - Tabor Life Institute Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome back Dr. Jennifer Morse of the Ruth Institute to discuss the newly instituted Ex-Gay Visibility Day to be celebrated on June 2nd. Why do proponents of the sexual revolution despise those who advocate for sexual orientation change? Show Notes Ruth Institute Counseling Freedom For All – Ruth Institute References, Sources, and Citations – Ruth Institute Parent Resources – Ruth Institute Refute the Top 5 Gay Myths – Ruth Institute Father Sullins Research – Ruth Institute The Dr. J Show - Podcast Free - YouTube Gay no More: Testimonies from Women and Men who Journeyed away from an LGBT Identity - YouTube Born That Way? Dr. Sullins Puts the Myth to the Test (And Finds It Wanting) | Dr. J Episode 209 pt2 Courage International Who Is Silencing Therapists? (Fr. Paul Sullins) 1/3/24 Human Dignity and the Gender Agenda (Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse) 4/17/24 Don't Be Fooled by the Rainbow (Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse) 6/1/23 Five Ways to Protect Your Family (Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse) 5/8/23 Sexual Identity–Behavior Discordant Heterosexuals in Britain: Findings from the National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyle 2010–2012 The Sexual State: How Elite Ideologies are Destroying Lives and Why the Church Was Right All Along Discernment in the Service of Friendship - Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J Breaking Up With Pornography (Steve Pokorny) 10/10/23 Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome back Liz Yore of Yore Children to discuss the history of the Catholic Church in China and the reports of an upcoming renewal of the Vatican's secret deal with China. Is there any reason to believe that this won't be another slap in the face of the many missionaries and martyrs who ministered to the people of China? Father finishes with Timely Thoughts. Show Notes Cardinal Kung Foundation The Pope's Cabinet: Pius XII's Secret War for Saving Jews | Johan Ickx The Devil and Communist China: From Mao Down to Xi Divini Redemptoris On Atheistic Communism - Papal Encyclicals To the new Minister of China (16 February 1947) | PIUS XII Cupimus imprimis. - All'Episcopato, al clero e ai fedeli della Cina (18 gennaio 1952) | PIO XII On the Supranationality of the Church - Papal Encyclicals Communism and the Church in China - Papal Encyclicals The Hong Konger: Jimmy Lai's Extraordinary Struggle for Freedom Jimmy Lai | Acton Institute Catholic Hong Kong activist Jimmy Lai: 'The Lord is suffering with me' Catholic pro-democracy figure Jimmy Lai gets jail time for involvement in Hong Kong Tiananmen Square vigil Pro-democracy Catholic Jimmy Lai marks 1,000th day in jail awaiting trial The Life of Ignatius Cardinal Kung Pin-Mei | Msgr Stephen M DiGiovanni Cardinal Kung Foundation - Our Lady of China prayer Ten facts you should know about the Chinese Marian shrine of Sheshan - ACN International Vatican Conference on Catholic Church in China Reflects the Vatican's Compromises Vatican makes fresh overture to China, reaffirms that Catholic Church is no threat to sovereignty | AP News VATICAN - Cardinal Tagle: the "new beginning" of the Council of Shanghai and the mission of the Church today - Agenzia Fides Vatican offers assurances as China sets out rules for dialogue - Catholic Herald Vatican makes fresh overture to China, reaffirms that Catholic Church is no threat to sovereignty - ABC News The Pope wants Chinese Catholics to be 'best among citizens,' Cardinal Parolin says Vatican wants China deal to be renewed | Crux Parolin's 'no diplomacy' diplomacy for a Chinese Church VATICAN - Between memory and prophecy. Insights from the "Council of Shanghai" documents - Agenzia Fides Vatican Apologizes for Catholic Missionaries in China, Calls on Communist "Bishops" to Rule the Chinese Church Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

In Let's Talk About This, Fr. McTeigue discusses skepticism, credulity, and the intersection of symbol and mystery. What's wrong with the desire to always "understand" and "comprehend" the mysteries of the Faith? He finishes with Weekend Readiness to help you prepare for the upcoming Sunday Mass. Show Notes "We May Not Fully Understand…" Reality Beyond Words Or, Why It Is Better Not to Understand Everything Immediately — Part 1 | Tradition & Sanity by Dr. Peter Kwasniewski Worship in a Time of War The Once and Future Roman Rite: Returning to the Traditional Latin Liturgy after Seventy Years of Exile "Three Essential Books for Laity" Bundle | Os Justi Press Illusions of Reform: Responses to Cavadini, Healy, and Weinandy in Defense of the Traditional Mass | Os Justi Press Does a past-less present mean a hopeless future? Why We Need the Holy Spirit Peachy Keenan: "I want to know where this boy went to college because that's where I'll send my daughters" Kansas City Has 'Separated' From Employee Who Doxxed Harrison Butker | The Daily Wire Remember the New Jersey gym owner who was fined for opening up during lockdowns? He has now been cleared of all charges | Not the Bee Baltimore to cut number of parishes, as city's population declines | Crux Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome back Michael O'Neill of EWTN, known as The Miracle Hunter to continue our discussion on the latest Roman document about discerning supernatural phenomena. Given the changes in the process of discernment, how is his work likely going to change going forward? Is he going to be out of a job soon? Show Notes The Miracle Hunter Science and the Miraculous: How the Church Investigates the Supernatural Explore With The Miracle Hunter Show Page They Might Be Saints: On the Path to Sainthood in America Norms of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith for proceeding in the discernment of alleged supernatural phenomena New Liturgical Movement: Divine Chastisement in the Traditional Roman Missal Enthusiasm: A Chapter in the History of Religion - Ronald Knox "We May Not Fully Understand…": Reality Beyond Words Teaching a Stone to Talk: Expeditions and Encounters | Annie Dillard Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome back Dr. Mark Miravalle of Ave Maria University to continue our discussion on the latest document from Rome on discerning supernatural phenomena. Will this document help or hinder devotions to classic Marian apparitions, and what are we to make of the factual and historical errors in the document? Show Notes Dr Mark Miravalle's Website Private Revelation: Discerning With the Church | Dr. Mark Miravalle Introduction to Mary | Dr. Mark Miravalle Norms of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith for proceeding in the discernment of alleged supernatural phenomena Reporting of Diane Montagna #1 Reporting of Diane Montagna #2 New Liturgical Movement: Divine Chastisement in the Traditional Roman Missal Where Tears Flowed from Heaven: Our Lady of La Salette | Catholic World Report Apparitions of Our Lady of Fatima Fatima: A Message More Urgent Than Ever Fatima: 100 Questions and Answers about the Marian Apparitions Acheiropoeta: Not Made By Hands Studies in Honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe Real Philosophy for Real People: Tools for Truthful Living - Audiobook Now Available! Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!